Toy roller coaster



` Jan. 30, 1923. 1,443,491

G. E. MACKENZIE. TOY ROLLER CoAsTER. FILED MAR. 28, 1922.

A TTORNE YS.

Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

' nutren stares y isaiasi GARDNER EARL MACKENZIE, OF ROCHELLE, NEW' YORK.

TOY ROLLER COASTER.

. i Application vfiled March 28, 1922. Serial No. 547,400.

To all w Ito/m. t may concern .Be it known that l, Generici; EARL MAC- nnNzrn, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New Rochelle7 county ot lVest- 5 chest-er, and State of New York, have in-` vented certain new and useful Improvements in Toyloller Coasters, ot which the lollowing is a spccitication.y

My invention relates tor toy roller coastlO ers to be used by children and l aim primarily to produce a coaster, ol the tipe adapt-ed to runen a track, which can be held at thetop oiE the incline until the children are seated in place and then released sothat there is no danger of the coaster starting with the children half on, and also y to produce a coaster which will come to a gradual stop rnear the bottom end of the track.

ln the accompanying drawings7 Which show an illustrative example of a coaster' and track embodying my invention, Fig. I is a sidevieiv of the coaster; Fig. lll is an end view thereof; Fifi. lll is a bottom view of the coaster and 7fig. IV is a section on line IV-lVef Fig. Hl. Fig. V is a plan view et a section of track to go at the top ot the incline; Fig. Vl is a side View of the` track shown in Fig.` V; Fig. VH is plan view ot a central section of track; Fig. VH

a side view of the track shown in lfig.

VII; Fig. IX is a side view of a section of track to go at the bottom of the incline and talig. X is a side view of thetrack shown in Fig. lX. i i

Referring to the drawings the coaster comprises a pair et end boards 2 and 3, which carry Wheelsy land guide rolls 5. The Whee s e rest on the top of the track and the guide rolls 5 go inside the track. .'he coaster is provided with side boards Gand top 7 and a central brace 8. ttacheo to the central brace 8 is a spring bar 9 which carriesthe hook 10. Si cord 1l runs from the free end oitl thespring` bar 9 through an opening l2 near the top of the end board 2.

The cord ll is provided rwith a ring 13.-

that the central rail lipis at the eXtreme upper end of the incline. When the car is pnt on the track at the upper end, hook l0 engages with stop 16 and the car stays in place.` .As soon as the riders are seated one el! thein pulls on the ring 1S which lifts the spring bar fl. This p'eriuitsthe hook l0 to passV over the stop i6 and the car starts down hill.. The central sections ot ytrack, o'f which. there may be as many as desired, are shown in Fig. VH and consist/oll the rails llll and the ties 17. Each section has a hook .i8 at one end and a pint i9 at the other end., Also each sectionk has dov-.Tels 2O at one end and corresponding sockets 21 at the other end. By virtue oi' the doivels and sockets and vthe pins and hooks the sections of' tracks may belirinly attached together. it the bottom of the incline there are used sections of track suchr as the one shown in Figs. lX and X. These sections comprise the rails 14 and the auxiliary rails 22, which extend above the rails 14e sufficiently 'far so that When the car strikes these sections of track the auxiliary rails 22 Contact with the side boards 6 and lift the Wheels l clear of rails 11i. @t course the friction between the side boards 6 and the auxiliary rails 22 Will be relatively great and the car will quickly come to a` stop.

Many inodilications may be `made in the details of this device Without departing 'from the spirit of my invention.

W hat I claim is:

l. A track 'intended to be laid on an ineline, a car adapted to run on the track hav` rollers and having a' trigger' hook and means for operating the saine, the track being provided With Ia stopv member to cooperate With the trigger hook of the car and also being provided at the desired point with auxiliary rails adapted to contact With said side members of the car to lift the car so that said rollers `are clear of the track.

` GARDNER EARL MAGKENZIE. 

